Allen West Slams Geithner: ‘When You Open That Refrigerator Door the Lights Don’t Come On’
- Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:22pm by
Buck Sexton
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Many liberals, like John Kerry, are brazenly trying to point the finger at the Tea Party for the recent downgrade of U.S. debt, but Congressman Allen West is having none of it.
Speaking to Fox News, Rep. West dismissed comments blaming the Tea Party as ‘”insidious,” and placed all the blame on Democrats who refuse to cut spending and continue to pretend — for political reasons — that taxes are the answer to the debt crisis. Rep. West rightly pointed out that when the Democrats took over Congress in 2007, the debt was $8.6 trillion. Today it is $14.5 trillion.
The Florida Congressman said it is possible for the U.S. to begin getting its fiscal house in order, but stated he has no patience for those who continue to press wrongheaded policies. West singles out Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner for particularly harsh criticism, saying that:
“When you open that refrigerator, the lights don’t come on. So, I really think that he should move on and we should have someone else.”
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Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:51pm“Unhyphenated American” Brilliant. Can we steal this one? The “hyphenated American” political correctness has played a part in the destruction of this country. WE ARE AMERICANS. Now ya got me pi$$ed. I am so sick and tired of ppl in leadership tearing us apart. Rich, poor, black, white, yada yada…Sick of it….
Report Post »rcrosby66
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:48pm2012 presidential ticket——Mark Rubio and Allen West!!!
Report Post »ElaineA
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:22pmMarco Rubio is no more legally qualified to be POTUS than Obama because he (RUBIO)
Report Post »is not born of two American citizens. One can not have it both ways ….
nomodimcrats
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:31pmditto on west and rubio, in either order!!!
blacks and latins given a conservative image to become in life instead of the rapper image of obama!!!
Report Post »scoobydoo
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:35pmOh my Elainea! Are you implying that Obama is not legally qualified to be POTUS?
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:57pmMr. Obama and Mr. Rubio are both fully legally entitled to run for President. They are both natural-born citizens under the actual laws of this country. If you think that we should operate under laws based on what some people in the nineteenth century thought should be the definition of a natural born citizen before the Supreme Court finally ruled on the issue, then you need to either pass a Constitutional Amendment or get the current Supreme Court to overturn a precedent that has stood for almost half of our history. Good luck with that.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 6:17pmboth chet and the other troll are wrong
natural born citizen
child born on US soil to TWO US CITIZENS
both of rubios parents are citizens of the US
only one of obamas parents was a citizen
m.o.r.o.n.s
Report Post »dcubed
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:58pmAge and Citizenship requirements – US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
There is nothing in the Constitution stating the individual must have 2 US Citizen parents. Rubio is qualified to run for President.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:33amPsychosis
“child born on US soil to TWO US CITIZENS” Says who? Not the Constitution, and definitely not the Supreme Court when they finally had to settle the issue, which people were still arguing about over a hundred years after the passage of the Constitution. What source do you have for this belief other than crackpot sites that publish scholarly sounding gobbledygook full of out of context quotes from irrelevant court cases and foreign law books from the eighteenth century?
Mr. Rubio’s father did not become a citizen until several years after Mr. Rubio was born, so if you were right he would not be eligible to run, but since you are wrong, he is.
Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 8:06amReply to reply Elainea That’s interesting. Rubio can’t run because he was born in Florida?
Report Post »Of immigrant parents? This is new. Not to mention funny.
weneedrubio
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:47pmAllen West is right on the mark, Geitner has to go, but the guy that picks his replacement will find someone worse and that’s practically impossible. That is the only reason I don’t want Obama to resign, look who we would have to step in. Isn’t the Democrat party just the best. One bad apple after another. Can you imagine what we would be hearing if Biden was allowed to open his pie hole. Hey, have you seen Debbie “this is our economy” Schultz lately? She does remind me of Schultz from Hogan’s Heroes but he was funny, she’s scary. Go Allen go!! Another winner from Rubio country.
Report Post »Blue Collar Conservative
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:26amAgreed, there are plenty of over educated pinhead marxists for BO to choose from. Replacing little Timmy would only be symbolic, and the last thing BO is going to do is admit that he, or anyone in his administration made a mistake. Besides, his goal is to destroy, not restore, so Timmy’s doing just wonderful.
Report Post »tankyjo
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:46pmAllen West has my vote.
Report Post »So
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:45pmYou got it, Mr. West.
Keep telling the truth! We are behind you!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:41pm“When you open that refrigerator, the lights don’t come on. So, I really think that he should move on and we should have someone else.”
Actually, West could be describing anybody in the administration, including the Marxist.
Report Post »fatsomann
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:10pmAmen.
Report Post »ghost-of-elvis
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:52pmmarxist? which one?
Report Post »burr99
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:41pmMr. West,
Please PLEASE run!
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:41pmI certainly hope Col. West is one of those chosen for the debt commision, we need strong leadership.
Report Post »Riffraffman36
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:40pmRock on buddy keep slamming them maby they will leave
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:39pmTell it like it is Allen! You have my vote.
Report Post »jim
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:38pmNeed more like West, less like Kerry. Cut, cap and balance is a great starting place… instead, Obama is spending all his time and resources bashing Mr. West and others. Geithner being in office through the election may just be the nail in the coffin.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:38pmWe need repubs and TPer’s alike to step up and cause a scene! The toilet has flushed and we are now rounding the bowl!
Report Post »ghost-of-elvis
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:53pmare you likening the American people to doo-doo? just askin
Report Post »tbudde
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:37pmRep West lost credibility when he voted for that lame budget compromise. Our rating went down anyway! Did he not see that coming?!
Report Post »WASTEDROCKRANGER
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:37pmI just want one Republican, just one, anyone to get on TV, point at West and blurt out “yeah, what he said”.
Report Post »TraceyM
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:36pmDem have to have someone to blame, I thought it would be Bush, but now it’s the Tea Party.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:35pmGuess that means he has a G.E. bulb !!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:35pmMore like the Four Whorsemen.
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:52pmThe four Whorse men of the Barackalypse. The Obamanation that causes desolation.
Report Post »MUDFLAPS
Posted on August 11, 2011 at 12:53amDont forget Barney, hes one of the horseman of the buttocks-on-lips.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:35pmI saw Col West this morning on Fox and Friends. I must say, that man has real courage to stand up and defend himself and us Americans. PLease run Col West! WE NEED YOU!!
Report Post »oldchevyguy
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 7:13pmI agree!!!
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:35pmGeithner is one pent up dude angry dude. I heard he uses the F word in every sentence. He needs to lose his job ASAP.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:46pmTimmy can’t go, this is a family affair ! Geithner’s father Peter was director of the Asia program at the Ford Foundation, a NEW WORLD ORDER operation. Peter Geithner oversaw the “microfinance” programs developed in Indonesia by Ann Dunham-Soetoro, ….Obama’s mother.
Report Post »BrokenHearted
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:35pmIf I screwed up as bad as Geithner I would get fired, I would be willing to bet any body would. So what does he have on the POTUS that is making him bullet proof?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:45pmProbably caught him smoking something other than his cigarettes!
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:33pmShould have used what drudge had a “Barackoplyse.”
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:31pmBlame the TEA Party, Blame the TEA Party, Blame the TEA Party, Blame the TEA Party. Sung to the tune of “Flight of the Valkyries.” I am ATEA Partier and the ding-bat-o-crats are wrong . I am not a terrorist I am a “democrat caused disaster.”
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 7:42pmWe can at least be glad Obummer woke a lot of people up. Now if we can survive the rest of his administration. If he doesn’t fix the vote or withhold elections because he has to fight all us terrorists. He’s done a fine job….of whipping up racial tensions and setting us back to the 60′s, of whipping up thw class wars.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 5:07am@ J.C.
TEA!
I second what you say!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:30pmAllen West could be Florida’s Favorite Son if he would Run….He would BE TOPS for me!!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:28pmMr. West…When you open the refrigeator door you find a munchkin named Tim in there playing with himself….
Report Post »Pestie67
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:35pmLOL…..Please, for the sake of this country, run for president of US. You have my vote. We need a sound mind like Alan’s to turn this fiasco around before it goes beyond the point of no return. I pray we are not too late
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:25pmWest is awesome. LOL.
Report Post »fatsomann
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:12pmObumer is letting Turbo Tax Timmy decide. Again BO is “present”.
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